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mar

[mahr]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

marred, marring

to damage or spoil to a certain extent; render less perfect, attractive, useful, etc.; impair or spoil.
That billboard mars the view. The holiday was marred by bad weather.
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to disfigure, deface, or scar.
The scratch marred the table.
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mar.

abbreviation

maritime.
married.

Mar.

abbreviation

March.

M.A.R.

⁴

abbreviation

Master of Arts in Religion.

mar

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verb

(tr) to cause harm to; spoil or impair

noun

a disfiguring mark; blemish

Mar

abbreviation

March

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Other Word Forms

unmarring adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mar¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English merren, Old English merran “to hinder, waste”; cognate with Old Saxon merrian, Old High German merren “to hinder,” Old Norse merja “to bruise,” Gothic marzjan “to offend”

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Word History and Origins

Origin of mar¹

Old English merran; compare Old Saxon merrian to hinder, Old Norse merja to bruise

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Synonym Study

Mar, deface, disfigure, deform agree in applying to some form of injury. Mar is general, but usually refers to an external or surface injury, if it is a physical one: The tabletop was marred by dents and scratches. Deface refers to a surface injury that may be temporary or easily repaired: a tablecloth defaced by penciled notations. Disfigure applies to external injury of a more permanent and serious kind: A birthmark disfigured one side of his face. Deform suggests that something has been distorted or internally injured so severely as to change its normal form or qualities, or else that some fault has interfered with its proper development: deformed by an accident that had crippled him; to deform feet by binding them.

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Since then, its work has been marred by controversy and violence, with deadly incidents happening near its hubs almost every day.

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Given this, the ruling party was always going to struggle, marred by President Yoon's self-defeating coup.

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The turbulent tenure of his predecessor, Jason Gill, had been marred by unrest in the clubhouse and middling results on the field.

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"It's enormously disappointing and frustrating that one of the most exciting games in the season has been marred by such moronic behaviour," a statement from the league read.

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The 2025 test, which was conducted in March, was marred by disruptions due to power outages in some areas.

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When To Use

�� does��mar mean?

To mar something is to damage, spoil, deface, disfigure, or scar it—either literally (such as by scratching or making a mark on an object) or figuratively (such as by spoiling a party by getting into an argument).Mar is used somewhat more formally than many of its synonyms. Whether used literally or figuratively, it always refers to spoiling something by making it worse or less perfect than it was. Its figurative sense is more often used in writing (especially journalism) than in everyday speech. Mar can also be used as a noun, meaning a blemish, but this is less common.Example: The senator’s campaign event was unfortunately marred by people who wanted to disrupt the event by interrupting her speech.

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